[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 101 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30105-30106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11386]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-138, CMS-10147, CMS-10146 and CMS-10064]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed 
collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare 
Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB) Procedures and Criteria 
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 412.256 & 412.230; Use: Section 
1886(d)(10) of the Social Security Act established the MGCRB, an entity 
that has the authority to accept short-term hospital inpatient 
prospective payment system (IPPS) hospital applications requesting 
geographic reclassification for wage index or standardized payment 
amounts and to issue decisions on these requests. Since it is important 
to ensure the accuracy of the MGCRB decisions and remain apprised of 
potential payment impacts, the regulations note that CMS should also 
receive a copy of any hospital's application to the MGCRB. The 
information submitted by the hospitals is used by CMS staff to 
determine the validity of the hospitals' requests and the discretion 
used by the MGCRB in reviewing and making decisions regarding 
hospitals' requests for geographic reclassification. Since CMS wrote 
the guidelines for the MGCRB, it is essential that CMS staff monitor 
this process. Form Number: CMS-R-138 (OMB 0938-0573); 
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and 
not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 300; Total Annual 
Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 300.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare 
Prescription Drug Coverage and Your Rights; Use: Section 42 CFR 
423.562, requires each Part D plan sponsor to arrange with its network 
pharmacies to post or distribute the Medicare Prescription Drug 
Coverage and Your Rights notice to Part D plan enrollees at each 
pharmacy visit when the enrollee disagrees with the information 
provided by the pharmacist. The purpose of this notice is to provide 
enrollees with information about how to contact their Part D plans to 
request a coverage determination, including a request for an exception 
to the Part D plan's formulary. Form Number: CMS 10147 (OMB 
0938-0975); Frequency: Daily; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profits; Number of Respondents: 40,000; Total Annual Responses: 
30,000,000; Total Annual Hours: 500,000.
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Notice of Denial 
of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; Use: Section 1860D-4(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, requires Part D plan sponsors that deny 
prescription drug coverage to provide a written notice of the denial to 
the enrollee. The written

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notice must include a statement, in clear language, of the reasons for 
the denial and a description of the appeals process. Form Number: CMS 
10146 (OMB 0938-0976); Frequency: Daily; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 758; Total Annual 
Responses: 290,344; Total Annual Hours: 145,172.
    4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Minimum Data Set 
(MDS) for Swing Bed Hospitals and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 
413.114(a)(2) and 413.343(a); Use: Exercising CMS' authority under 
section 1888(e)(7) of the Social Security Act to determine the most 
appropriate manner in which to implement the Skilled Nursing Facility 
Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for swing bed hospitals, CMS 
designed a 2-page MDS instrument for use by swing bed hospitals that 
includes all resident assessment data needed to reimburse swing bed 
hospitals for SNF-level care furnished to Medicare beneficiaries and to 
provide CMS with the basic demographic and utilization data for future 
planning and analysis. Form Number: CMS-10064 (OMB 0938-0872); 
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profits, not-for-profit institutions and State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments; Number of Respondents: 481; Total Annual Responses: 
50,505; Total Annual Hours: 328,283.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' 
Web Site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
or E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB 
number, and CMS document identifier, to [email protected], or call 
the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
    In commenting on the proposed information collections please 
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured 
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of 
the following ways by July 22, 2008:
    1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) accepting comments.
    2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following 
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number --------, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 15, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-11386 Filed 5-22-08; 8:45 am]
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